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The 14-minute video, entitled
Les Militaribles, has garnered more than 400 000
views in just a few days and even received a Twitter nod from one
of the stars of the Hollywood version, Russell Crowe.

The parody uses the same famous score for the musical's big
numbers
Look Down,
I Dreamed a Dream and
Do You Hear the People Sing? but replaces the original
lyrics with an alternative Korean-language version.

In the opening scene, young airmen doing their military service
labour at clearing a runway after a heavy snowfall.

Look Down becomes
Dig Down, as the conscripts chant: "Dig down, dig down,
and clear the snow below... there is no end to this accursed
snow."

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The loose plot centres around one airman, Valjean, whose
girlfriend, Cosette, has come to the base to visit.

His overbearing superior Javert insists he return in one hour,
leaving the couple only a few snatched minutes together.

"We made the video to lift the spirit of servicemen who had to
work so hard to clear snow during the unusually heavy winter this
year," said Major Cheon Myeong-Nyeong, one of the officers behind
the project.

All the cast - with the exception of the woman playing Cosette -
were conscripts, he told AFP.

Two years of military service is mandatory for all able-bodied
men in South Korea, which technically remains at war with its rival
the North.

Many serve in remote, mountainous areas and get little time off
to visit family or friends.

"We hope that the video can help shatter the image of the
military as a dull place and encourage more youth to take the
service with delight," Cheon said.